HR 8957
117th Congress
House
Taxation
Crime prevention
Criminal justice information and records
Firearms and explosives
Government trust funds
Hate crimes
Inflation and prices
Sales and excise taxes
Violent crime
Gun Violence Prevention and Safe Communities Act of 2022
Introduced: September 22, 2022
Introduced by:
Davis, Danny K.
Democratic
· Illinois
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Everywhere this bill has been
4 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Nov 1, 2022
Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
Sep 23, 2022
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Sep 22, 2022
Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committees on the Judiciary, and Energy and Commerce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Sep 22, 2022
Introduced in House
Plain-English summary
Gun Violence Prevention and Safe Communities Act of 2022
This bill increases by .5% the excise tax on firearms, including pistols, revolvers, and shells and cartridges. The bill establishes the Gun Violence Prevention Trust Fund into which the increased tax revenues are deposited to fund gun violence prevention programs. The Trust Fund creates separate accounts for violence prevention, gun violence research, hate crimes data collection and enforcement, and firearm forensics.
The bill also requires an inflation adjustment to the amount of the special tax on importers, manufacturers, and dealers in firearms and the transfer tax on firearms.
What's happening now
Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.